Steve Pond is TheWrap’s Executive Editor, Awards and has been writing and overseeing awards coverage on the site since 2009. He spent decades writing about film, television, music and the entertainment industry for the Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, Rolling Stone, Premiere, New York Times, Playboy and many other publications. He is the author of the L.A. Times bestseller “The Big Show,” a behind-the-scenes look at the Academy Awards based on 15 years of unprecedented access to that show.
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Oscars’ Crowded Documentary Race Nears a Record: See the Complete List of Films So Far
Voters have received 139 screeners from the Academy to date, including 90 in September alone
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Academy’s 650-Plus New Members Are ‘A Pain in the Rear End’ for Oscar Campaigners
Studios and consultants have been working hard to track down a record-setting number of new members from 59 different countries
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Oscar Foreign Language Race Heats Up With Bold Choices From France and Italy
Paul Verhoeven’s “Elle” and the documentary “Fire at Sea” are the Oscar submissions from the two most awarded countries
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Oscar Foreign Language Race: The Complete List of Submissions
High-profile contenders include Germany’s “Toni Erdmann,” Iran’s “The Salesman,” Chile’s “Neruda” and Spain’s “Julieta”
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Top Student Academy Awards Go to AFI, USC, Berkeley, Columbia
All winners, including foreign films from Germany and Israel, are now eligible for the Oscars shorts categories
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‘Sand Storm’ Wins Ophir Award, Becomes Israeli Oscar Entry
Drama set in Bedouin village is directed by Elite Zexer, the second woman to represent Israel at the Oscars in the last three years
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Laura Poitras, Werner Herzog, Alex Gibney Make Cinema Eye List of Top Documentary Filmmakers
Most important non-fiction films of the last decade include “Citizenfour,” “Waltz With Bashir” and “Exit Through the Gift Shop”
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Vin Scully Gets a Sendoff From Bryan Cranston, Ken Jeong, Ken Burns (Exclusive Video)
On the eve of the iconic broadcaster’s retirement, notable Dodger fans tell TheWrap about their love for Vinny
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Emmy Voters Veer Toward Diversity and Unpredictability
For years, the Emmys seemed stuck in a rut, but on Sunday they grew more adventurous by awarding shows like “Mr. Robot,” “Baskets” and “Bloodline”
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Toronto Film Festival: 10 Films That Got a Boost, 5 That Didn’t
Toronto 2016: “La La Land,” “Snowden,” “Jackie” and “The Birth of a Nation” were among the films that headed north in search of Oscar buzz — but how did they fare?
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‘La La Land’ Wins Toronto Audience Award
Toronto 2016: Other TIFF winners include “Jackie,” “Free Fire” and “I Am Not Your Negro”
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Werner Herzog Hits Toronto With a One-Two Punch
Toronto 2016: The prolific director talks to TheWrap about his TIFF documentary “Into the Inferno” and narrative film “Salt and Fire”
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Toronto’s Hot New Writer: It’s William Shakespeare
Toronto 2016: The work of the Bard adds resonance to TIFF indies “Lady Macbeth” and “Hermia & Helena”
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Emmy Predictions: Will ‘Game of Thrones’ and ‘Veep’ Rule Once Again?
Emmy voters can be notoriously hard to predict, but we think last year’s winners will join “The People v. O.J. Simpson” clutching gold
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Toronto Tear-Jerker ‘Lion’ Gives Harvey Weinstein a 4-Hankie Oscar Shot
Toronto 2016: The Garth Davis drama is a sentimental crowd-pleaser, which once would have made it an Oscar lock
